Hat-pin.



No. 791,527. y PATENTBD JUNE 6, 1905. W. WITTIGSGHLAGER.

HAT PIN.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 1s, 190s. *l

UNITED STATES Patented June 6, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-PIN.

lSPECIFIGA'J.'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,527, dated.June 6, 1905 Application filed March 16, 19.05. Serial No. 250,332.

T0 all whom t may concern/:f

Be it known that I, vWILHELMINA WITTIG- SOHLAGER, a citizen of theUnitedStates, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins,of which the following is a specication.

Myinvention relates to hat-pins, and has for its object to provide ahat-pin which is readily inserted and which is strongly constructed, sothat it will be durable and eflicient in use.v

To this end my invention consists of certain features of construction,as will be fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out inthe appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a face view of my improved hatpin. Fig. 2 is'a partial cross-sectionthereof, and Fig. 3 is an end view of the hat-pin.'

In carrying out my invention I constructv the pin of two chiefmembers-'to wit,a head 'and prongs or pins proper.

The headA may be of any suitable construction, and, as shown, consistsof a wire coiled upon itself in the fashion shown best'in Fig. 3. Fromthis head4 the pins or prongs are projected in the same direction,preferably parallel with each other, or approximately so, the said pinsbeing pointed at their free ends in substantially the same manner asordinary hat-pins. be securely attached to the head A, which may be donein various manners; but in any event the manner of attaching should besostrong as to allow a pin to be bent one way or the other to aconsiderable extent without breaking the connection with the bead. Avery reliable mode of fastening is the one shown in Fig. 2, where eachof the pinsB is tapered at the end which is to beattached to the'head,

and this tapered end is inserted into a recessv i or hole drilled intothe head, as shown, whereupon solder is employed, as shown at C, to

The other ends of the pins B should ,f

complete the connection. When so secured, the pins, if made of suitablematerial, such as German silver, may be bent at right angles to theirordinary position and back again without any danger of breakage.

In employing hat-pins having a plurality of pins or prongs I have foundthat it is difficult to force them through the hat and into the hairwhen all the pins or points are of the same length. 'Io overcome thisdifficulty, I employ prongs of diferent lengths. For instance, as shown,the prongs at the ends are shorter than the central prong, and no twoprongs are of the same length, so that the free ends of the prongs areout of transverse alinement. The advantage of this construction is thatonly one of the prongs is s tuck through the hat at first, so that thereis only a slight resistance to the insertion of the hat-pin, and theotherprongs` are then forced in a little later than the central prong.Of course the same advantage of a successive insertion of the severalprongs will be obtained whenever the prongs are ofdifferent lengths, andit is not absolutely necessary to employ the specific structure shown,inwhich the central prong is longer than the others.

Various modifications maybe made without departing from the nature of myinvention. to the head A in other Ways than the one shown-for instance,by making them intel gral or continuous with the head.

'I claim as my invention- A hat-pin comprising a plurality ofapproximately parallel pins, the free ends of which are out of line, anda head to which the other ends of the pins are attached. f

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILHELMINA WITTIGSCHLAGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN LoTKA, JOHN A. KEHLENBECK.

The pins B maybe securely attached

